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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1939
Page
4
Do Not Be Headstrong Meekness and Temperance
A compact moral verse invoking Galatians guidance on restraint and virtue, urging humility and self control as lawful virtues for all.
Axis tensions ease as Europe leans on talks
Diplomats in Europe push for dialogue easing war fears. Analysts say Germany and Italy may pause conquests as Britain and France sharpen vigilance. A seasoned correspondent predicts a waiting period while axis powers consolidate gains and normalize seized territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Axis
Great Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Italy
Britain
Poland to Get Limited Helium Exports for Poland Flight
The government will allow export of up to 500000 cubic feet of helium per country annually to facilitate a stratosphere flight in Poland this year. Germany has pushed for 18 million cubic feet. Even at max, Poland’s helium won’t influence German expansion plans for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Germany
Townsend Pension Bill Faces House Vote Next Week
The Townsend pension plan is slated for a House vote next week. It is seen as unlikely to pass and would deprive campaign leaders of ongoing fundraising and activity, though some backers remain complacent about the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend
Washington
House
Secretary Wallace Seeks International Cotton Conference
Southern growers oppose the move foresee government control expanding in cotton production. They doubt the last six years show improved prospects and fear broader government management of the cotton business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Kansas cops warned of racketeers entering state
Police in Kansas are cautioned after recent upheavals in Kansas City as authorities monitor potential racketeers crossing into Kansas. The warning underscores vigilance for organized crime activity spilling from major urban centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas
Four joint winners from Canada’s stork derby
Law enforcement circles in Lawrence discussed warns racketeers will not find Kansas City’s friendly atmosphere. The four Canadian derby winners are said to have used their windfall carefully as mothers of large families with training in stretching money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kansas City
Paderewski Withdraws From American Tour At 78
The renowned pianist and statesman Paderewski must give up his American tour due to dwindling strength. At 78 years old his brave energy sustains a long career, and he faces a choice between easier tasks or retirement from performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paderewski
Lawmakers Reluctant to Curb Spending Heading Into 1940
Washington dispatches report Congress members fear cutting government spending as 1940 nears. Many lawmakers show a growing inclination to shut their eyes and hold on to current funding instead of trimming costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supervisor Named for State Owned Farms Amid Sluggish Yields
An experienced supervisor has been appointed to oversee state owned farms after years of unsatisfactory productivity. The same issues are reported on many non state owned farms, signaling broad challenges in farm performance.
Seminole Indians Debate WPA Checks in Florida
Seminole leaders in Florida weigh acceptance of Works Progress Administration checks amid reports that top national financial minds are retreating to the Everglades for security and quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Everglades
Hibernation Report Hints at Longer Sleep Periods
The article describes human hibernation experiments lowering body temperature to about 90 degrees using crushed ice. Sleep lasts up to five days with cold room maintenance, and subjects awaken after warming. Doctors speculate a month or longer may be possible, musing on August comfort in Kansas and future political timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tela Register
Kansas
Cream ban on strawberries to conserve butter supply
The Nazi government bans cream on strawberries this year to conserve milk for butter, which is also restricted by a prior decree. Starbeams reports this measure as part of wartime controls.
Salt Kills Neosho Fish Near Hartford
Kansas Legion commander Ray Pierson reports salt water has killed thousands of Neosho river fish below Hartford. Gov. Payne Ratner will refer the issue to the state fish and game director. Pollution likely from the Cottonwood river. losses not noted above the junction. Representative Chandler Jarvis notes fish losses in Walnut river and Grouse creek. fish department investigating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Ray Pierson
Kansas American Legion
Neosho River
Hartford
Kan
Payne Ratner
Fish and Game
Pierson
Cottonwood
Neosho
Chandler Jarvis
Cowley County
Walnut River
Grouse Creek
Fish At Game Department
Guernsey Association to Meet at Vinland High
The Douglas County Guernsey association will meet next Wednesday night at 8 o'clock at Vinland High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey Association
Douglas County
Vinland High School
Women Good Fliers See No Financial Future in Aviation
Salt Lake City May 27 delegates to the Women s National Aeronautics association convention say there is no financial field for women in aviation. Mrs Grace E Prescott of San Diego notes flying is a sports proposition and a man s job in commercial aviation. Mrs Carlos L Reavis of Denver highlights wartime roles as possible ambulance pilots and mail transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
National Aeronautics Association
Grace E. Prescott
San Diego
Calif
Ruth Chatterton
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Carlos L. Reavis
Denver
Colo
W.N.N.A
Mrs. Prescott
Jacqueline Cochran
Louise Thaden
United States
Es . Roberts
Albuquerque
Rehabilitation Supervisor Named for State Institutions
Topeka May 27 The state board of social welfare created a rehabilitation supervisor post for inmates of state institutions for children naming Harry M Dawdy of Wichita to the job Dawdy will oversee the boys and girls industrial schools the orphans home the state reformatory and the training school Governor Ratner said Dawdy a five year chief probation officer in Wichita juvenile court would take the job on leave of absence as he was drafted for his juvenile delinquency work
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Payne H. Ratner
State Board of Social Welfare
Harry M. Dawdy
Wichita
Frank Milligan
Dawdy
Beloit
Orphans’ Home
Atchison
Hutchinson
Winfield
Ratner
Dandy
Quotes from leaders and officials stir wartime debate
A collection of remarks from figures including Ambassador Lindsay, Hans Frank, Governor Leche, Billings Wilson, and Senator Homer Bone highlights political bravado, constitutional questions, and warnings about economic and security strains amid mounting tensions.
Norton Merchant John H Browne Dies at 81
John H Browne a Norton Kansas merchant for 46 years died last night from a heart attack at age 81 His daughter Miss Mary Browne serves as postmaster in Norton and the family grief is noted in the town authorities report
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton Merchant
Norton
Kan
John H. Browne
Nortén Merchant
Mary Browne
Biffle
Omaha
Davida Sawtell
Alice Coors
Margaret Butts
Philip Stevens
J. H. Cohn
Marcel
C. B. Hosford
Mary Elizabeth
Body Defenses Against Infection By The Body
Dr Morris Fishbein explains the body's defenses against infection and how pimples form and rupture. He describes how white blood cells wall off infection, the risk of squeezing pimples, and how localized rupture can prevent or lead to peritonitis if the appendix is involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Iola High School Graduation Address Highlights Values
Gov. Payne Ratner spoke to Iola graduates outlining key traits for success. He listed integrity courage perseverance initiative and personality and urged students that if they lack them they can attain them. He called graduation the start of a greater education based on following simple rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iola
Payne Ratner
Lawrence daily notes in brief local items
Marion Talley plans retirement after buying a Colby farm. Trash-haul bid awarded to R B Lackey in Lawrence. Haskell welcome includes H. Peakrs arrival. M Croffitt and Elizabeth Brandt accompany. Memorial marker dedication attracts crowd near Mud Creek. Community events feature F A U band and Dr H K Ebright speech. Car travel, golf trophy, and local social teas noted. Electric car fire damages former Governor Stubbs’ vehicle. Road work praised in Stull. Kane and McCurdy split. Charles McCurdy to run Spot Cash. Wrestler George Smith seeks Jack Dempsey match. Numerous birthdays and entertaining socials reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Talley
Metropolitan Opera Company
Colby
Kan
Lawrence
R. B. Lackey
H. B. Peakrs
Haskell
Washington
M. M. Croffitt
Elizabeth Brandt
Mr. Peakrs
Douglas County
U.S. Highway 40
Mud Creek Bridge
F.A.U. Band
H. K. Ebright
Baldwin
L. H. Menger
Woman’s City Club
Louis Rockland
W. C. Ellis
A. Altman
K.U
Altman
J. G. Gibb
A. D. Carroll
W. R. Stubbs
Stull
Topeka
Kane
McCurdy
Charles McCurdy
Spot Cash Grocery
George Smith
Jack Dempsey
H. E. Tanner
Bella Lou
Burglaries Reported and Social News From Friday era
Forty years ago two burglaries occurred Thursday night. The Lescher home on Kentucky street was entered and the couple chloroformed. The Sam Elliott butcher shop was entered and two hams stolen. Miss Nell Blakely graduates from K U this spring as Mrs Josiah Copley hosts tea. Local residents visit and entertain. Pi Beta Phi scholarship fund tea draws thirty five ladies. Congressman Bowersock cites word from Secretary Alger that Lawrence will receive one of the captured cannons from the Philippine war. 143 were captured and all promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lescher
Kentucky St
War of shadows at the Cove as Martin stalks Mary
In a serialized tale, society editor Mary Franklin reports on the inquest into Janice French as Duke Martin moves first in a clubland power game. Mary dines with Clem while Jack frets, and hints of Chinatown rackets and a dangerous web entangle the social set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Franklin
Duke Martin
Janice French
Jim Shirley
Playboy
Mary
Ladd
Sam Darwin
Sam
Martin
Bill Condon
Tom
Fenelon
Morris
Cove
Clem Shirley
Bellevue
Comtesse de Jacques
New York
Riviera
Jack
Clem
Thadd
Chinatown
Jack Burden
Community Social Roundup From Hopewell and Independence
Local residents share visits and gatherings across Hopewell Independence and nearby towns. Guests include the Jardons, Critchfields, Lederers, Vaughns, Beehle, Simrock, Reynolds, and many others. events feature dinners, receptions, and a Baldwin high school baccalaureate with two graduates Letha Mae Taul and June Beck Purvis.
Reno Barn Painting and Community Social Noted
Fred Bernhart has had his barn painted Wiley is building a turkey house Leonard DeHoff will run the engine for the pea huller harvest at Kaw Wes ley An ice cream social and program will be at the Reno schoolhouse Saturday evening May 27 to benefit the Aid society Large attendance is desired. Mr and Mrs Joe Graves and family of Kansas City spent Sunday with L I Pearson Howard Hildebrand of Kansas City also attended. Mr and Mrs Jesse Graham and family of Kansas City visited their parents Robert and family Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Jardon
M. J. Jardon
Patty Critchfield
Baldwin
Charlene Gale
Earl Black
Independence
Anna McCain
Anne Lederer
Earl Lederer
Mrs. Arnold
Ela May
Willow Springs
Geneva Reynolds
Charlie Simrock
Courtland
Kan
Chapman
George Reynolds
Geneva
E. B. Reep
Worden Evangelical Church
Elizabeth Werts
Lawrence
Herschell Merchant
Baldwin High School
Emporia
Donald
Black
Charles Worenz
Charles Simrock
Lawrence Celebrating the Birthday of Mrs. Simrock's Sister, Mrs. Er. J. Schelbar
John Holloway
Arthur Holloway
Michial Zebb
Johnson
Lecompton
Baldwin High
Fred Bernhart
Wiley
Leonard DeHoff
Kaw Wesley
Reno
Aid Society
Joe Graves
Kansas City
L. I. Pearson
Howard Hildebrand
Jesse Graham
Robert Graham
Belleview 4-H Club Elects Delegate to Manhattan
The Belleview 4-H meeting at Perry Stevents home May 25 with Vice President Albert Eckman presiding. Gerald Boehle chosen as 4-H delegate to Manhattan in June, Juanita Heinrich as alternate. Talks on meals for invalids livestock disease and farm health followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleview
Richard Wilson
Aileen Gibler
Virginia Rose
Gerald Boehle
Deal Six
Joe
Helen
Bessie Cooley
Albert J. Smith Obituary From Smyrna to Kansas Farmer
Albert J. Smith born November 17 1868 at Smyrna Ohio and reared there. He moved to Kansas at age 20 to farm near Lawrence with his parents, then returned to Ohio to marry Flora Van.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert J. Smith
Smyrna
Kansas
Lawrence
Ohio
Flora 1
Radio Schedule Highlights Through May 29
Radio listings show WREN KMBC WDAF channels scheduling daily programs from May 27 to May 29. Notable items include orchestras led by Rita Rio Louie Kuhn and Henry King, variety acts like Brent House and the Hall of Fun, and broadcasts such as National Barn Dance and Window Theatre. Multiple stations reveal a dense lineup of music, talk, and variety hours across Saturday Sunday Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wren
KMBC
Tim Wdaf
Sotiety Council
Rita Rio
WDAF
Louie Kuhn
Orch
Johnny
Tommy Riggs
Brent House
KNBC
Professor Quizz
Avalon
Honolulu
Arch Oboler
Dick Tracy
WRHEN
al Donahue
Biltmore
Jimmy Lu
Mills Penn
K.C. Jr. College
St. Louis Blues
Father Coughlin
NBC
Ben Bernie
Ray Perkins
Wren—Watson
Flotsam
Jetsam
Maurice Spitalny
Hollywood
Meta Westlake
Wdaf—Univ. of
K. C
Wren—Radio Guild
Chariie McCarthy
KKMBC
Hollywood Playhouse
Jan Savitt
Buck Rogers
Jimmy Allen
Science
Newacast
Dance Cavaliers
Paul Martin
Kmbc—Cavacade of America
AL Pearce
Minstrels
Richard Crooke
Radio Theatre
Oie
Charm
Nat
Eddie Duchin
Guy Lombardo
Doctor I
Eddie Cantor
Rainbow Room
Rainbow Room Orch
Wren—Barry
Winton’s
Amos
Andy
Abner
DAF
Beverly Hills
Ginna Miller
Richard Himber
Ala I Morise
Obituary of John Smith of Eudora and Lawrence area
John Smith of Eudora and former Lawrence and Osage region residents died at 75. The Kansas man farmed near Lawrence and Eudora, served as police judge and justice of the peace, and helped carry mail with his son. Funeral services were held April 30 at Schubert funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Security Benefit Association
Smith
Friends Church
Lawrence
Eudora
Edwin
Elsie
Earl
Flora I. Smith
Rosa Belle Smith
F. E. Wood
Tlinois
Jess Fraker
Arizona
J. M. Torrence
DeSoto
Alvin Bond
Harold
Oskaloosa
Jay W. Smith
Schubert Funeral Home
Loren C. Rapier
Topeka
J. D. Adams
Obituary Isaac Miller of Lawrence Passes Away
Isaac Miller born October 10 1876 in Lawrence son of Isaac and Louisa Miller lived most of his life in Lawrence except three years in Arizona. He married Adella Harper in January 1899 and ran a recreation par for 23 years. Survived by his wife three sisters and other relatives. He worked for University Book Company Good and Phillips and trained for the KA Foibad team. Died May 7 1939 at 628 Massachusetts Street. Funeral May 10 at St Luke's AME with Rev J N Goddard. burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Miller
Lawrence
Isaac
Louisa Miller
Arizona
Adella Harper
Adella
L. Polk
Phoenix
Ariz
M. Jackson
Los Angeles
Charles Shields
Richmond
Calif
Miller
University Book Company
Good’s and Phillips
A. Kennedy
K.A
Also Mentioned on This Page
Associated Press
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Fish and Game Department
Ambassador Lindsay
Hitler
Hans Frank
National Socialist Law Guardian Society of
Senate
Richard W. Leche
Louisiana
Billings Wilson
Port of New York Authority
Republic
U. S
Homer T. Bone
Arthur L. Owen
Howard Miller
St. Louis
H. R. Patterson
Springfield
G. W. Phenicie
NEA Service, Inc
Long Island
Clu
Bailey
Hopewell
Walter Winchel
WDAFE
Irene Rich
Henry A. Wallace
Knickerbocker
Cherrie
Joe E. Brown
Nobel Sissel
Vincent Lopez
Jack Benny
Henry King
LDS
Champliona
Hotel Edison Or
KFKU
George Q Foster
University of Kansas
Henrietta Schubert
Christine Cochran
F. G. Hughes
George Gerstenberger
Clarence Daugherty
Gottlieb Nieder
C. C. Gerstenberger
Ben Neis
Oak Hill Cemetery
San Francisco Exposition
American Express
National City Bank of New York
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Peoples State Bank
9Th and
Massachusetts
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